What is "hata"

Hata may refer to:

• Hata, Nagano, a district of Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan
• Hata, India, a town in Kushinagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India
• Hata (surname)
• Hata clan, immigrant clan to Japan described in Nihon Shoki
• "Hata" is the name of the village of the Kwakwaka'wakw that had been at what is now Ahta Indian Reserve No. 3 on the Coast of British Columbia, Canada

Hata (written: 畑, 秦, 羽田 or 波田) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Aki Hata (born 1966), Japanese musician and lyricist
• Ikuhiko Hata (born 1932), Japanese historian
• Kenjiro Hata (born 1975), Japanese manga author
• Masanori Hata (born 1935), Japanese zoologist, essayist, and filmmaker
• Motohiro Hata (born 1980), Japanese singer-songwriter
• Prateep Ungsongtham Hata (born 1952), Thai senator
• Sahachiro Hata (1873–1938), co-discoverer of Salvarsan in 1908 with Paul Ehrlich
• Shunroku Hata (1879–1962), Japanese field marshal during World War II
• Toyosuke Hata (1872–1933), Japanese politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan
• Tsutomu Hata (born 1935), 80th Prime Minister of Japan
• Yoku Hata or Akira Hada (born 1975), Japanese stand up comedian
• Yuichiro Hata (born 1967), Japanese politician